The 2026 Super Formula grid is nearly complete, with just two more names yet to be confirmed
Honda has confirmed Ayumu Iwasa will defend his Super Formula title next season alongside ongoing Formula 1 reserve duties.
Iwasa will spend a third season with Team Mugen in the Japanese single-seater series in 2026 after winning this year’s championship at his second attempt.
The 24-year-old has never hidden his ambition of racing in F1 with the backing of Red Bull, which co-sponsored him along with Honda through much of his junior career and continued to employ him as a reserve and simulator driver.
However, Iwasa lost out in the race to replace Isack Hadjar at Racing Bulls to Arvid Lindblad, and faces another year of racing in Japan in a bid to prove himself for a step up in 2027.
He will once again partner two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri at Mugen.
The remainder of Honda’s roster sees few changes, with Dandelion Racing retaining Tadasuke Makino and Kakunoshin Ohta for a fourth season and rookie of the year Igor Fraga earning a second campaign at Nakajima Racing alongside Ren Sato.
One change is that Yuto Nomura, who won this year’s Super Formula Lights title, will join B-Max Racing in place of Shun Koide, who is expected to move over to ThreeBond Racing, although this remains unconfirmed.
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Last Friday, Toyota revealed 11 of the 13 drivers that will race its cars in Super Formula, confirming several driver moves that were previewed by the Suzuka test.
It confirmed Kenta Yamashita’s switch from Kondo Racing to KCMG, where he will partner two-time World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera, Zak O’Sullivan joining the one-car Impul squad, and Kamui Kobayashi leaving KCMG in favour of a move to TGM Grand Prix.
Charlie Wurz was also confirmed as Team Goh’s sole driver for its comeback to Super Formula, which was announced just prior to the test.
Kondo Racing’s line-up was left as TBD, although the team is still expected to field Alpine F1 outcast Jack Doohan and Formula 2 race winner Luke Browning in 2026.
Wurz’s younger brother Oscar was also confirmed for a season of Super Formula Lights with TOM’S alongside Japanese youngsters Kiyoshi Umegaki and Tokiya Suzuki.
Formula Regional European race winner Akshay Bohra appears to be the frontrunner for the final TOM’S Lights seat after driving for the team in testing at Suzuka last week.
Another frontrunner from that series, Evan Giltaire, could also be in line for a move to Japan after topping three of four sessions at Suzuka driving for B-Max Racing.
2026 Super Formula driver lineup so far:
| Team Mugen | Honda |
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| Kondo Racing | Toyota | TBD TBD |
| Dandelion Racing | Honda |
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| TGM GP TGR-DC | Toyota |
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| KCMG | Toyota |
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| Triple Tree Racing | Honda |  Juju Noda |
| ThreeBond Racing | Honda | TBA |
| Rookie Racing | Toyota | Nirei Fukuzumi |
| Team Impul | Toyota |  Zak O’Sullivan |
| Delightworks Racing | Honda | Nobuharu Matsushita |
| TOM’S | Toyota | |
| Cerumo/Inging | Toyota | |
| B-Max Racing | Honda | Yuto Nomura |
| Team Goh | Toyota |  Charlie Wurz |
| Nakajima Racing | Honda |
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